Combined boiler stand and fitting.



I. PHILLIPS. COMBINED BOILER STAND AND FITTING.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 2. 1913.,

Patent'ed Nov. 13, 1917.

III III UNITED STATES rnrnnrorrron.

JOHN PHILLIPS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO ROBERT PHILLIPS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COMBINED BOILER STAND AND FITTING.

Application filed April 2, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis. Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Boiler Stands and Fittings, of which the fol owing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined boiler s and and fitting and has for its object a hollow standard provided with a plurality of connection ports, a detachable base and an adjustable supporting ring.

A further object of my invention is to provide a boiler stand through which the water from the boiler circulates and to said stand is connected suitable pipes which lead to the range or furnace, a drain cock placed in one of the ports and a pipe to the other which play be led toa coil in a gas heater or the ike.

A further object is to provide a stand which supports the boiler as well as acting as a fitting to which the pipes are attached so as to provide proper circulation of the water from the boiler to the heating apparatus, the said stand provided with a ring which rigidly supports the boiler on the same and a base which is detachably connected to the lower end of the stand.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a water boiler showing my invention in position therewith.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the stand and fittings with parts broken away showing its construction and application to the boiler.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the detachable base.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention I provide a combined stand and fitting 5 which represents the standard for supporting a water boiler or container 6; the standard is hollow and provided with a plurality of connection ports 7. In the interior of the standard and immediately below the connection ports is a division wall or partition 8 which prevents the water from passing down into the bottom of the standard also acting as a sediment trap. To the connection ports 7 are attached the usual piping 9 which is led into the water box or coil of a range or furnace, and the piping 10 may be led to a coil in a separate gas heater. In the other port Specification of Letters Patent.

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is placed an ordinary drain or draw-ofl cock by which the contents of the boiler may bewithdrawn and the sediment removed therefrom, if any. The bottom end of the standard is provided with a pair of projections '60 11 which-act as a lock to support the base 12 in position thereon. The interior of thebase with which the standard contacts is provided with grooves 13 which will permit the insertion of the projections 11 and when passed therethrough', the stand and base'is given a' quarter turn'so as to bring the projections in contact with the bottom 14 of the base supporting the same together. Theupper end of the standard is slightly reduced in size and provided with screw-threads 15 which are inserted through the bottom 16 of the boiler and on the screw-threaded portion is placed a lock nut 17 which is brought in close contact with the bulged bottom 16 of the boiler rigidly supporting the same and forming a leak proof connection. The standard is also provided -With a screwthreaded portion 18 of larger diameteron which is placed a lock nut 19'and mounted loosely over this portion and resting on the lock nut is a supporting ring 20, its rim 21 contacting with the under surface of the downwardly bulged boiler bottom, while its collar 22 which is supported to the rim by arms 23 communicates with the lock nut 19 and by the adjustment of the lock nut the supporting ring is held rigidly against the bottom of the boiler giving said boiler ample and proper support.

A stand and fitting of this character dispenses with the present and ordinary manner of connecting a boiler which is inconvenient and laborious.

By my invention the mere insertion of the stand into the bottom of the boiler and the adjustment of the supporting ring the connection is complete, and the ring used will fit any size boiler and properly support the same and normally adjust itself to the convex portion of the bulged bottom.

Having fully described my invention what I claim is:

1. A combined boiler stand and fitting, the combination of a hollow standard having pipe connections formed in its body, the upper end of the standard being constructed of smaller diameter than the remaining portion, said smaller portion being threaded and adapted to be inserted into a container, a portion of the standard beneath the upper small end being of larger diameter and provided with screw-threads, an adjustable supporting ring loosely mounted on the large screw-threaded portion and arranged to communicate with the container for supporting the same in position, means for locking the same when in such position, means for supporting the small end in the container and a base mounted on the lower end of the standard, substantially as specified,

2. A combined boiler stand and fitting, the combination of a boiler, of a standard provided with a plurality of pipe connections, a base on which the standard is supported, an adjustable supporting ring loosely mounted on the standard and a lock-nut for holding the same in adjusted position, the upper end of the standard being of smaller diameter and screw-threaded and entering into the boiler, and a lock-nut for supporting the same in position, substantially as specified.

3. A device of the'class described comprising a hollow standard, a plurality of inlets formed in the boiler of the standard, a detachable base located on the bottom end of the standard, the extreme upper portion of the standard being of smaller diameter and screw-threaded and adapted to enter a boiler, a lock-nut located on the screwthreads and contacting with the boiler for binding the same therein, a portion of the standard beneath the smaller upper end being also screw-threaded, a lock-nut located thereon and an adjustable supporting ring loosely mounted on the standard and contacting With the boiler and held in such contact position by the adjusting nut, substantially as specified.

4. A. device of the class described comprising a hollow standard, )ipe connections formed thereon, a detachable base supporting said standard the extreme upper end of the standard being of smaller diameter and provided with screw-threads, which end is provided with a lock-nut; of a boiler in which the said threaded end enters, an ad justable supporting ring loosely mounted on the standard and a second lcck nut mounted on said standard for supporting the ring against the boiler for holding said boiler in upright position, substantially as specified.

5. In a boiler and boiler stand, a Combination, with a boiler bottom, of a supporting base, a pipe fitting supported on said base, an upwardly projecting screwthreaded extension on said fitting threaded in said boiler bottom, a self-centering support arranged about said extension, and means on said extension for tightening said support against said boiler bottom.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, 1n presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

I JOHN PHILLIPS. Witnesses:

ALrnEn A. Ercns, WALTER C. STEIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. Y 

